Horse Care
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How to Create the Ideal Arena Surface Footing for Dressage
In recent years, dressage arena footing has become something of a science. Riders want to ride their horses on a surface that will keep ... -
How to Import a Dressage Horse (from Europe to the U.S.)
*Featured image is of Emirates Equine SkyCargo Many dressage riders hanker after a gorgeous horse with impeccable bloodlines and paces to die for. Although ... -
How to Fit Your Horse’s Noseband
Contact is the third of the dressage Scales of Training. Without an elastic contact, the horse cannot work through his back properly and will ... -
How to Fence Your Horse’s Fields and Paddocks
Fencing your horse’s fields and your arena correctly is essential if you’re to keep your horse safe, preserve your valuable grazing, and save yourself ... -
How to Fit a Dressage Saddle to Both Horse & Rider
A correctly fitting saddle is essential for horse and rider comfort and for optimum performance. If the saddle doesn’t fit the horse properly, back ... -
How to Get Your Equestrian Stable Yard Ready for Winter
All too soon those leisurely summer rides along mud-free bridleways and the good life of ample grass and 24-hour turnout will be forgotten as ... -
How to Identify and Manage Bog Spavins & Bone Spavins
The most important quality in a dressage horse is soundness. If your horse is unlevel or irregular, you will be heavily penalized by every ... -
How to Identify and Manage Stringhalt in Dressage Horses
If you’re a dressage rider, you’ll know the importance of regularity in the horse’s paces. Take a look at the Scales of Training, and ... -
How to Identify and Manage Equine Cushing’s Disease
Did you know that dressage horses are especially predisposed to developing Cushing’s disease? Well, according to an eminent veterinary surgeon from Wisconsin, U.S., that’s ... -
How to Look After Your Horse’s Saddle Pads
Although you don’t get any extra marks in dressage for the turnout of you and your horse, an immaculately presented combination does give the ...
